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ください Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ください

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

1

expression

please give me

usually written using kana alonehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Honorific request for an object. Used as a standalone polite imperative of くださる, often with を-marked object.

See also: くださる

水みずをください。
Please give me some water.

その

本ほん

を

ください

。

Please give me that book.

2

expression

please do for me

usually written using kana alonehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Honorific request for an action. Attaches to the te-form of a verb or to a noun prefixed with お/ご. Extremely common in polite speech.

ちょっと待まってください。
Please wait a moment.
お名な前まえを教おしえてください。
Please tell me your name.
ご確かく認にんください。
Please check it.

Kanji

下below, down, descend

Similar words

くださる
くださる is the base honorific verb meaning 'to give (to me/us)'. ください is its irregular imperative form, used as a polite request marker.
ちょうだい
ちょうだい is a more casual or feminine way to say 'please give me' or 'please do for me', often used among close friends or family.

Etymology

Irregular imperative form of the honorific verb くださる (to give). The form ください became fixed as a polite request auxiliary.